A visually spectacular and strongly sung Hoffmann in Tokyo

Leonardo Capalbo (Hoffmann)

Egils Silins (Coppélius) and Leonardo Capalbo (Hoffmann)

Yoko Yasui (Olympia)

Chikako Ohsumi (Giulietta) and Yuka Kobayashi (Nicklausse)

Chikako Ohsumi (Giulietta) and Leonardo Capalbo (Hoffmann)

Par David Karlin, 16 mars 2023

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“the hero’s decline from energetic youthful ingénu to world-weary drunkard”

Critique faite à New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo, le 15 mars 2023

Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann

New National Theatre

Marko Letonja, Direction

Philippe Arlaud, Mise en scène, Décors, Lumières

Andrea Uhmann, Costumes

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

New National Theatre Chorus

Leonardo Capalbo, Hoffmann

Yuka Kobayashi, Nicklausse

Yoko Yasui, Olympia

Mihoko Kinoshita, Antonia

Chikako Ohsumi, Giulietta

Egils Siliņš, Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto

Mutsumi Taniguchi, Stella, Voix de la mère d'Antonia

Hideyuki Aochi, Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio

Takayuki Ito, Crespel, Luther

Gento Ando, Hermann

Toshiaki Murakami, Nathanaël

Masahiko Hare, Spalanzani

Shingo Sudo, Peter Schlémil

Haruka Ueda, Chorégraphie

A poignant Rigoletto revival in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 21st February

The New National Theatre in Tokyo revives its traditionalist Rigoletto, featuring Vladimir Stoyanov as the cursed court jester, Eri Nakamura as Gilda and Lawrence Brownlee debuting as the Duke of Mantua.

***11

Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 20th November

Richard Jones directs a new production at Tokyo's New National Theatre which lucidly articulates the structure of Berg’s expressionist music.

****1

Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 30th November

For his new staging of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, director Yannis Kokkos avoids specific contemporary references, choosing a setting that transcends the times.

****1

Michieletto's “Camping Così” returns to Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 30th May

Damiano Michieletto’s 2011 staging of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, dubbed the "Camping Così", is one of the most enduring and entertaining productions in NNTT’s repertory.

****1

Puccini/Ravel double bill opens the new opera season in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 7th October

The 2023–24 season at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, opens with straightforward stagings of an unusual double bill of Suor Angelica and L’Enfant et les sortilèges.

***11

Sincerity over sexiness in Tokyo's Giulio Cesare

Nahoko Gotoh, 5th October

Laurent Pelly's Night in the Museum production of Giulio Cesare is finally staged at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, after its 2020 pandemic cancellation.

***11

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.